Your observations and suggestions are always welcome. We are committed to continuing the excellence of St. Please feel free to ask me or any of the parish staff any question you have or share and concerns. Some of the things staff members used to do will need either new volunteers, or some things may no longer be able to be done. We are well aware that the size of the staff has declined some and there will be some things that need to change. The parish staff has been working on this time of transition for some months now. I will celebrate a “Retirement Mass” on Sunday, December 18 at 10:30 am with some kind of reception afterwards, then be here for Christmas, and then move to Michigan. It is both of our hopes that this will go a long way towards achieving continuity. Mike will be Administrator from January 1-June 30, and then become pastor on July 1, 2023. In our newly updated system, the Archdiocese only makes pastors on July 1st each year. Mike will become the Administrator of St.

They all thought that was a good idea, presented it to Cardinal Cupich and he agreed. Mike and I spoke with Bishop Bartosic and the Priest Placement Board representative about Fr. And then I will figure out the rest!īut because of the number of position changes over the past year, we also wanted to do whatever we could to guarantee a sense of continuity here at St.

Joseph, Michigan on that date, and then do some road-tripping for about four months. A not-well-kept secret is that I am retiring on January 1, 2023, after 44 years of ministry here in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

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